Tuesday, September 24, 2013

( This stotra is a joint prayer to Rama and Sita. The first and third lines of every verse describe Rama’s qualities and the second and fourth line of every verse describes Sita’s qualities. In the work itself there is a reference that it is written by Lord Hanuman.)

Sunday, September 8, 2013

(Here is a rare stotra addressed to Lord Ganapathi from
the chapter on birth of Ganapathi from Varaha Purana. The stotra mentions that Ganapathi was born
from the mouth of Lord Shiva. It recommends offering Sesame seeds to the Lord and eating it. This great
stotra was sent to me by Sri Krishna
Muralidharan.)

Deava Ouchu:-

Devas told:-

Namasthe Gaja Vakthraya , Namasthe Gana Nayaka,

Vinayaka Namosthesthu, Namasthe Chanda Vikrama,

Salutations to the elephant headed one, Salutations to
the leader of Ganas,

(Vallabha Ganapathi is the form of Ganesa as the universal protector. This stotra is taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess
Parvathi. Here Valllabha denotes the consorts of Lord Ganesa. This
is the only stotra which says in its Phala sruthi , that this prayer would protect the kidneys and
also prevent excess urination. He is
supposed to have eleven arms. This great Stotra was sent to me by Sri Krishna
Muralidharan. May God bless him.)

Sri Devyuacha

The Goddess Said:-

Vallanesa Hrudayam krupaya bruhi Sankara

Oh Sankara please recite the “The heart of the Lord of
Vallabha.”

Sri Shiva Uvacha:-

Lord Shiva said:-

Rishyadhikam Moola
manthra vadheva Parikeerthidham .1

The sages mostly
say the root chant and sing the stotra.

Om Vighnesa
Poorvatha pathu , Gana Nadhasthu Dakshine,

Paschime Gaja Vakthram thu Uthare Vighna Nasina. 2

Om Let the east be protected by God of obstacles ,

Let the Lord of
Ganas protect the south,

Let west be protected by One who has the head of an
elephant

And North be protected by the destroyer of obstacles.

Aagnetaam Pithru Bhakthasya thu Nairyathyaam Skanda Poorvajaa,

Vaayavyaam Aakhu
vaahanas thu eesaanyaam Deva
poojitha. 3

Let the South east be protected by the devotee of the father,

Let South west be protected by the elder brother of Subrahmanya,

Let North west be protected by him, who rides on the
mouse,

Let the North east be protected by him, who is worshipped
by Devas.

OOrdhwatha pathu
Sumukho Hyaadharaayaam pathu Gajanana,

Yevam dasa disa raksheth Vikata Paapa nasana, 4

Let the one who has a pleasant face protect the
top direction,

Let the one with elephant face protect below the earth,

And like let the ten directions be protected by he who
destroys horrible sins.

Shikaayaam Kapila pathu Moordhanyaa aakaasa roopa druk,

Kireeti pathu na phaalam , broovor Madhya Vinayaka 5

Let the brown one
protect the hair on the head

Let the head be protected by one whose form is seen in the sky,

Let the one who wears the crown protect my forehead,

And let the middle of
eye brows be protected by lord of
obstacles.

Chakshushee may Trinayana
, Sravanou Gaja Karnaka,

Kapalayor Madha Nidhi , Karna moole Madoth Kata, 6

Let the eyes be
protected by one who has three eyes,

Let the ears be
protected by one who has elephant ears,

Let my skull be protected by treasure of inspiration,

Let the corner of
ears be protected by the exuberant god.

Sadantho dantha madhye aavyaath
, vakthram pathu Harathmaja

Chibuke Nasike Chaiva
pathu maam Pushkarekshana. 7

Let the one with
tusk protect the middle of teeth,

Let the jaws be
protected by the son of Lord Shiva,

Let the chin and
nose be protected by the lotus eyed one.

Utharoshte Jagat Vyapi , thwadaroshte mrutha pradha,

Jihwaam Vidhyaa nidhi
pathu thalunya aapath
sahayaka, 8

Let upper lips be protected by one who pervades the earth,

Let lower lips be protected one
who destroys death,

Let the toungue be protected by the treasure of
knowledge,

Let the palate be
protected by one who helps in danger.

KInnarai poojitha kandam , skandhouy pathu disaam pathi,

Chathur Bhujo
Bhujo pathu , Bahu moole Amara
Priya. 9

Let the neck be protected by one worshipped by kinnaras,

Let the shoulders
be protected by Lord of directions,

Let the hands be
protected by the four handed one,

Let the joints of arms be protected by he who is liked by devas.

Amsyor Ambika soonur , anguleescha Hari Priya,

Aanthram pathu Swathanthro , may mana Prahladha
karaka. 10

Let the shoulders
be protected by son of Ambika,

Let the
fingers be protected by one who is liked by Lord Vishnu,

Let the bowels be
protected by the independent one,

Let my mind be protected by him who creates joy.

Pranapanou Thadhaa
Vyaanam Udhanam cha Samaanakam,

Yaso Lakshmim cha Keerthincha pathu na Kamala pathi .11

Let the airs Prana ,apana, Vyana , Udhana and Samana,

And the honour, wealth
and fame be protected by the Lord
of lotus.

Hrudayam thu Para-Brahma-Swaroopo Jagathi pathi,

Sthanou thu pathu
Vishnur may sthana Madhyam thu saankara, 12

Let the heart be
protected the lord of the world who is
the form of divine Brahmam,

Let Vishnu protect the breasts and the middle of breasts by Lord Shiva.

Udharam Thundhila pathu , Nabhim pathu Sunabhika,

Katim pathwa amalo nithyam , pathu Madhyam thu Paavana. 13

Let Ganesa protect the stomach , let navel be protected by one having
auspicious navel,

Let waist be protected by the stainless one , let the
middle be protected by the pure one.

Medram pathu Maha yogi , thth paarswa sarva rakshaka,

Guhyamn Mahagraja pathu, Anum pathu Jithendriya, 14

Let the great yogi
protect the male organ and
its side by the protector of all,

Let private organ be protected by the eldest one ,

Let soul be protected by one who has won over sense
organs.

SHuklam pathu sushukalam , thu ooru pathu Sukha pradha,

Janga dese HRuswa-Jangho , Janu madhye Jagad Guru. 15

Let semen be protected
by the very white one ,

Let the shanks
protected by one makes us pleasant

Let the place of thighs
be protected by one who has a short
thigh ,

Let the knees be
protected by teacher of the universe.

Gulphou Rakshakara pathu , Padhou may Narthana Priya,

Sarvaangam Sarva Sandhou
cha pathu Devari mardhana. 16

Let calves be protected
by the one who protects ,

Let the feet be protected by one who likes to dance,

Let all the parts of body
and all joints be the killer of
enemies of deva.

Puthra mithra Kalathraadheen pathu Pasangusaadhipa,

Dhana Dhaanya pasoomsa
chaiva Graham Kshethram nirantharam . 17

Let holder of goad and noose protect
sons, friends wife and others,

And let him also protect
wealth , grains , animals , house and fields permanently .

Pathu Viswathmako devo , Varado Bhaktha Vathsala,

Raksha heenam thu yath sthanam , kavachena vina
krutham. 18.

Let the God who is the soul of the world , one who
blesses and one who likes his devotees,

Protect all those
places which are not protected by the
armour.

Thatha sarva Rakshayed devo Marga Vaasi Jithendriya,

Adavyaam Parvathagre vaa Maarge maanava Maanage. 19

Let that God who lives on the way who has won over his
senses ,

Protect in forest , on the top of the mountain , on the
road and
time one gets insulted

Jala Sthala gathi Vaapi
pathu Maayaa apaharaka,

Sarvathra pathu devesa , saptha Loukika Samsritha. 20

Let the stealer of illusion protect when one goes in water,

Let that god whoi
is the protector in all the seven worlds protect everywhere

Phala Sruthi

Ya idham Kavacham Punyam
pavithram papa Naasanam,

Pratha Kaale Japen
Marthya sadaa Bhaya
Vinasanam. 21

This armour is
divine , holy and destroyer of sin,

And if a man chants it in the morning, all his fears would be destroyed.

Kukshi roga prasamanam
, lootha sphota nivaranam,

Moothra krucha prasamanam , bahu moothra nivaaranam. 22

It cures diseases of tummy as also poxes and eruptions ,

It cures diseases of the kidney and also cures too much of urinating.

Baala Grahaadhi rogaanam
Nasanam, Sarva Kamadham,

Ya padeth Dharayeth Vaapi karasthaas thasya Sidhaya.
23

It destroys the diseases of children due to planets and others
, and fulfills all wishes,

Monday, August 26, 2013

Stotra comes
from the word Sthuthi and Sthuthi means praise.Some stotras are also called as
Sthavas. Stotra could be broadly translated as
“Praise of God”. Stotras can be
broadly classified according the time period as those originating during period of Vedas, period of
the Puranas and post Purana stotras or according to the style in which
they are written.

A.Stotra literature
over time.

1.Stotras of the
Vedic period

The foremost
among the Vedic Stotras is Rudram and
chamakam addressed to Lord Shiva, Narayana
as well as Purusha Suktham addressed to Lord Vishnu and Sri Suktham, Durga Suktham, Lakshmi
Suktham etc addressed to the Goddess.
There are many other great Sukthams like Bhagya suktham , Ikamathya Suktham ,
Bhoo Suktham, Medha Suktham etc. The Ganesa Atharva Sira Upanishad
, which is from Atharva Veda is
again a prayer addressed to Lord Ganesa. Many of these are not praise of God as such
but description of several aspect of the
God including its philosophy. These
Sukthas were used mostly for performing
Yagas and even today , though in some places
they are chanted mostly they
are used in fire sacrifices.

Stotras of the
Puranic period.

It was the
advent of Puranas that we started
praying of worship of Individual Gods.
Some of the greatest Hindu
Stotras originated at this time, The most famous are the Adithya Hrudayam which is a part of Valmiki Ramayanam , Vishnu
Sahasranamam which is a part of Maha
Bharatham, Lalitha Sahasranamam and Lalitha Trishathi which are both part of the Markandeys puranam , The Devi
Mahatmyam which is again a part of
Markandeya puranam, the Gopika Gita , a part of Maha Bhagawatham and very many other Sahasranamams and stotras which are part of several Puranas. The prayers called Kavachams (Armours to
protect ourselves) again
originated during this period.

Post Puranic Stotras

Possibly after all the Puranas were written, a vast outpouring of
composition of prayers by very
many poets took place . Many Prayers
which originate in the earliest
period are not available. The stotra
as a vehicle of prayers was greatly
popularized by Adhi Sankara and his
disciples. We find Sankara ‘s
prayers addressed to all most all gods.
Apart from prayers eulogizing Gods , he also wrote several very philosophical prayers. Soundarya Lahiri and Shivananda Lahari are possibly the greatest stotras written by
him. He also wrote several prayers using
the Bhujanga meter. His disciples continued this trend. Almost in the same period , the Nayanmars of Tamil Nadu
who were Saivite saints
contributed largely to the
Saivite Stotra literature . There was also a great upsurge of Tamil prayers written by
various great saints praising Lord Subramanya /Muruga.

Saint
Ramanuja did not write many stotras b ut
the Gadhya thrayam which are prose prayers are really great prayers. His disciple Vedant Desika has
written very large number of
very excellent prayers. The outpouring of stotras mainly in tamil were written by the Azhvars who were all Vaishnavite saints.
Saint MadhWa and his followers and the Hari Dasas of Karnataka also wrote many prayers .

The Thulasi
Das, Kabir Das, Sur Das , and many such
great ones contributed to the Hindi
prayers. Poet Jayadeva wrote his Gita
Govindam in Sanskrit and a very large number of prayers were written by the
great Krishna and Durga devotees of Bengal. There was also a great Bhakthi movement
in Maharashtra and the stotras of this genre are called Abhangs.

The Stotra
literature is not growing well in the modern times except for
rare compositions.

B.Stotra literature
by type.

I have already mentioned that all the Sukthams belong to the Vedic period.
There are very many type of Stotras
written after the Vedic period.

1.Sahasranamams

These
are the
listing of thousand names of
each God. If you go through them critically
you may not find that all
these thousand names are different and
we find that several names are repeated. The most famous of the
Sahasranamams are the Vishnu
sahasranamam and the Lalitha
Sahasranamam. Shiva Sahasranamam and Lakshmi Sahasranams are also relatively popular.Saharanamams are
available for most of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu and all other Gods and Goddesses. Trisathi giving 300 names,
ashtotharams giving 108 names, Satha Nama stotrams giving one hundred names , Shodasa
nama stotram giving sixteen names and Dwadasa nama storams(12 names) also belong to this category of stotras.

2.Ashtakams

These are
possibly the most popular form of Hindu stotras. These normally contain eight verses praising the God or Goddess. Most of them
are very simple and easy to understand.
There is a phala Sruthi attached to every ashtakam giving the possible effect of chanting
that particular prayer.

3.Kavachams

These are
another very popular form of prayers
addressed to Gods as well as planets . Essentially they request God to
protect different parts of our body as well as mind. It also requests God to
protect us in different circumstances. Narayana Kavacham is one of the most
famous in this category.

4.Dasakam

These are
similar to ashtakam but with ten Stanzas.

5.Panchakam

These are
prayers with five stanzas.

5.Shatkam

These are
again similar to ashtakam but with six stanzas

6.Spathakam

These are
prayers with seven stanzas.

7.Pancha Dasi

These are
longer prayers with fifty stanzas

8.Pancha sathi

These are
still longer poems with five hundred
stanzas.

9.Sthava Raja

These are supposed
to be the king of prayers addressed to a particular
God. Though they are not available for all Gods, many of them are available.

10.Bhujanga Stotram

These as well as Bhujanga prayatha stotrams are supposed to move like a snake. Adhi Sankara
is credited with composing many such Bhujangams. His “Subramanya Bhujangam” is very famous

11.Dandakam

These are
stotras where there is no restriction on the length of a line of a stanza. Some
of the Dandakams are very long prayers
with just one line. Shyamala Dandakam of poet Kalidasa is the greatest in this category.

12.Karavalamba Stotram

These prayers
are addressed to the God requesting him
to extend his hand in support to us. The Lakshmi Narasimha Karavalamba
stotram of Adhi Sankara is possibly the
most famous.

13.Suprabathams

These are
prayers addressed to the lord to wake him up. The oldest among this type of
stotras are the thirupalliyezhuchi in
Tamil and the most famous is the Venkateswara Suprabatham.

14. Lahari

Lahari means
waves. In this form of prayer the
stanzas follow each other like waves. Soundarya Lahari of Adhi Sankara is possibly the most famous.

15.Pasuram

These are
tamil prayers written by the great Vaishnavite
saints of Tamil Nadu called the
Azhvars.

16.THiruvachakam

These are
again Tamil prayers written by Nayanmars , the Tamil saints eulogizing
Lord Shiva.

17. Aarthi

These are
Hindi prayers praising a particular
God. These are available addressed to
almost all Gods.

18.Chalisa

These are again
Hindi prayers but have forty
stanzas each. The most famous is Hanuman
Chalisa composed by saint Thulasidas.

19. Gadhyams

Gadhyam
means prose . Some of the Vaishnavite saints
wrote prayers in prose and the
most famous is the Gadhya Thrayam written by Saint Ramanuja

20.,Abhangs

These are
prayers written in Marathi by those
great devotees of Pandharpur,

20. Mangalams

Mangalam
means auspiciousness and thse are prayers which are sung at the end of chanting
of prayer sessions as the last prayer.

Friday, June 14, 2013

(The great saint Sridhara Ayyaval was the son Sri Sridhara
Padmanabha who was a high ranking officer in the court of the king of Mysore. He was offered the post of his father , when
his father attained salvation and he rejected that offer
as he was spiritually oriented and took his residence in Thiruvisainallur
in the banks of river Cauvery. You can read about this great savant in http://www.sriayyaval.org/lsdetail.html
. Here is a remarkable stotra , where
he expresses his views on those who only find the defect
of others and tells us , what we should do to get rid of defects
ourselves. The devanagari original of
the stotra can be found in http://www.sriayyaval.org/history/ayyval_works/Slokas/Doshapariharashtakam.pdf)

1.Anyasya dosha
ganana kuthukam samethath,

AAvishkarothi
niyatham mayi doshavathwam,

Dosha punarmayi
na chedakhile satheese,

Dosha graham
kadhumudhethu mamesa thasmin.

I enjoy the
counting of the defect of others,

And it makes clear that
I am one with defect,

Oh Lord Shiva , when all the defects in the world are yourselves,

And where
does your defects lie , oh my God?

2.Yeshaa vyadhethara kruthethi mamesa thasmin,

Kopo yadhi
svapara kama mukha prassootha,

Seyam vydhethi
mayi may
na kadannu kopaa,

Swasya
vyadhaa swa duritha
prabhaavaa hi sarvaa.

Oh God , I
complain that all my problems are created by others,

And if my anger is
born due to my defects like passion,

Why is it that, I
am not getting angry at my problems,

And it is clear to me that all my problem are due to my own defects.

3.Kama prabruthya akhila
dosha nidher mamesha ,

Mayyaha dosham
ithi ko nu duragrahoi asmin,

Heyathwa maalapathi
yoayamalam ne kena,

Vaaryodha sathva
vathi soyam masath kimaha.

Oh God , passion and other defects are all the treasure of my defects,

And why am I am getting angry when others talk of my
defects ,

And they tell others not to come near me and what can I
do about it,

As they have not
talked about anything which is not in me.

4.Yas samsritha
swa hithadhir vyasana athurasthath,

Doshasya tham
prathi vaachoisthu thadanya dosham,

Yaadhchmi
thanmama na kim kshathaye
swadosha,

Chinthaiva may
thadapanodha phalo uchithaath.

Suppose someone approaches me to solve his sorrows and
sufferings,

I can possibly point out to him his defects and more defects,

And will not
pointing out defects of others lead to
my fall due to my defects ,

And so I consider thinking about my defects so that I can remove them , will
be more apt.

5.Dosham parasya
nanugruhnathi mayyanena,

Swathmaisha yeva
para gathra samahathena,

Durvasthuneva
Malini kriyathe thadanya,

Dosha grahadahaha
kim na nirvriuuthithavyam.

When I keep on thinking about the defects of others,

All those defects , which are collected from other people ,

Would become the
bad thing that would dirty my mind,

And so Why should I collect defects
from other persons?

6.Nirdosha bhaavam itharasya sadoshabhavam,

Swasyami
savidhdhathi para doshadhi men,

Aastham iyam
thadh itharaa thu pararthi
mathra,

Hethurvya anukthu na kadham mama
thucha bhavam.

Having a feeling
that I do not have any defects and feel
that others have defects,

And feeling they
only have all the defects

Causes sorrow and
worries to all those persons,

And is this not that
which shows to others my pettiness?

7.Padmadhi sourabha
iva bramarasya harsha,

Hithvaa anyadheeya
sugune punar anya doshe ,

Harsho durartha ivageha keete kimasthe ,

Haa may kadhesa
krupayaavigalethsa yeshaa.

The bee gets joy
due to the sweet smell of the lotus,

And like that if I see greatness of others I should get joy,

And getting joy out
of defects of others is like the pig getting pleasure,

Out of the gutter
and Oh lord when shall I get rid of this
defect by your blessing?

8.Dosha swabaaji
mathi kousalam anya bhaji,

Moudyam gune anya
jushi harshabhara swabhaji ,

Astha prasathir akhileshu
dhaya athyudhara,

Vrutharyojitho
mama kadasthu haranuraga.

Let me see my defects
and let me not have the trick of
finding other’s defects,

Let me be happy of seeing greatness of others and not to that
of mine,

Let there be fame
of my being merciful
and being generous to all others,

( I was made aware of this great stotra by Mr.
Michael Janus, who is a German interested in Hinduism. When I asked him why this stotra , he replied

“Since I read about Lord Skanda I feel a great affinity
for Him. He likes to help unlucky people.
In zoroastrian religion He is the same deity called "Raschne Rast".
There are different stotras like kavachas for a Deva, but I guess each deity
has only one known hRdayastotra, which, it seems, is the most dear one for the
regarding Deva.”.My thanks to him.)

For the great prayer called “The mind of Subrahmanya” , the sage is Prabrahma, the meter is Devi
Gayathri, the god addressed is Lord Subrahmanya, The seed is Sou, the power is
Preem, , The nail is God Subrahmanya, It is being chanted to get
the grace of Lord Subrahmanya.

Hrud Padma karnikaa
madhye dhyayeth sarva manoharam,

Suvarna mandapam
divyam rathna thorana virajitham.
1

In the pericarp of my lotus like
heart, I meditate the golden
pavilion ,

Which bewitches
all hearts, which is divine and decorated by gem studded decoration.

Rathna sthamba sahasraischa shobhitham paramadbutham.,

Paramananda nilayam , bhaswath soorya samaprabham. 2

Which has one thousand pillars of gems and shines with
divine wonder,

Which is filled with divine joy and shines equal to the Sun god.

Deva Dhanava
garuda Yaksha kinnarai ,

Sevartham agathai
sidhai saadhyura adyushitham
sadaa 3.

Devas, asuras , eagles , yakshas and Kinnaras,

Have come prepared always to do service there without
inhibition.

Maha Yogeendra samsevyam , mandhara tharu manditham,

Manikhya
vidhrumaischaiva mahasreebhir udanchitham. 4

Served by several kings of yogis , fully occupied by
Mandara Plants,

It is Inlaid by rubies
, corals and other great
costly gems.

Than madhye
anantha ratha sri Jata makuta shobhitham,

Rathna simhasanam
divyam ravi koti sama prabham. 5

In between the pavilion one whose
head wearing gem studded crown shines,

In the divine throne made
of gems was shining like a billion of suns.

SArvascharya mayam
punyam sarva rathna
parishkrutham,

Than madhye ashta
dhala padmam udhyasoorya
prabhodharam. 6

Full with great wonders , blessed and inlaid with all types of gems,

And in side it in
a lotus with eight petals with a shine
of rising sun.

Nigamagamarolambham
lambakam Chith swaroopinim ,

Vidhyaa jyothirmayam
divyam devathabhir
namaskrutham. 7

She who can be found by the Vedas , who has a divine
form,

Who is shining in the light of knowledge and who is
divine and saluted by devas.

DEdheepyamaanam
ruchibhir visakham sumanoharam,

Thanmadhye
sarvaokesam dhyaeth sarvanga
sundaram. 8

Shining
everywhere, without branches in taste , extremely pretty,

And in between was
the God of all the world and I meditate on him whose all organs are pretty.

Anantha aadhithya sankasam AAsrithabheeshta dhayakam,

Achinthya
jnana vijnana thejo bala
samanvitham. 9

He is similar to endless Suns who fulfill desires of those who depend on
him,

And is having the
luster and strength of the
unthinkable knowledge and science.

SArvayudha dharam
veeram Sarvascharya mayam guham,

Maharha rathna
khachitha shad kireeda virajitham. 10

Armed with all weapons
, valorous , that Guha is full of all wonders,

And he shines with six crowns which has been inlaid with great gems.

SAsangardha kala ramya
samudhayan mouli bhooshanam,

SAmpoorna chandra sahasra samudhjyadhanojwalam. 11

One who wears
half of a moon and raised up crown,

And one who shines like
one thousand full moons.

Vishala phala lalitham vilolalaka bhooshanam,

Madhanojjwala Kodanda
mangala bru virajitham. 12

He who has a very
pretty broad forehead , he who wears the moving snake,

One who shinesin the auspicious eye brows which look like
the bow of god of love.

Vistheerna roopa thejastham , vilasath dwadasekshanam,

Charu sree varna
sampoorna karna shobhabhi
basuram. 13

He who has many shining forms sports
twelve eyes,

He shines in the
luster of pretty coloured auspicious
ears.

Mani prabhaa mayura
sri sphuran makara kundalam,

Lasad darpana
darpagna ganda sthala
virajitham. 14

With the peacock
shining like gems, with fish like wear studs from which splendour oozes,

He shines with a neck
which destroys the pride of a
shining mirror.

Navya kanchana
pushpa, sri nasaputa virajitham,

Manda hasa prabhaa
jala madhuradhara shobitham. 15

He whose divine
nostrils shine like a new golden flower,

Whose luster of smile plays tricks as he shines
with the sweet lips.

SArva lakshana Lakshmeesa
kambu Sundara kandharam,

Mahaneeya maharathna
divya hara virajitham. 16

He is like lord
Vishnu with all good looks and has
a conch like neck,

He wears the
divine necklace laid with great gems
which are famous.

Udagra naga keyura
sannadha shubha kundalam,

Rathna kankana samshobhi karagra sri mahojjwalam. 17

He wears a long
snake , ready crown and auspicious ear
studs.

And shines end of
the hand due to gem studded bangles adding to the divine
luster.

Maha Manikhya paryanga , vaksha sthala virajitham,

Samastha jagad aadharam
swarna varna shubhodharam. 18

He travels in a great ruby palanquin and has a chest which is shining,

He is the one who supports all worlds and has auspicious golden coloured stomach

Athi gambheera sambhaavya nabhee nava saroruham,

Rathna srigalika
bandha lasad Madhya pradesakam. 19

His navel which is like a new lotus pond is where great
things happen,

His shining middle
portion is tied by a golden chain.

Kanath kanaka samveetha peethambara samavrutham,

Srungara rasa
sampoorna rathna sthambopamorukam 20

He who has a luster like gold , He who dresses in yellow silk,

He who is full of
erotic sentiment and is one
surrounded by pillars of gems.

Rathna manjeera
sannadha mani dweepa padambujam,

Bhakthabheeshta pradham
devam ,Brahma Vishnvadhi
samsthutham. 21

He who wears anklets of rubies ,He whose lotus feet is
decorated by gems,

He who fulfills the desire of devotees , and He who is equal to Brahma and
Vishnu .

Kadaksha veekshanai snigdhai , thoshayantha jagat pathim,

SAdanandam , Jnana
moorthim , sarva loka priyankaram. 22

H e who makes the Lord of the world happy by
the softly looking by the corner of his eye,

He who is always happy , He who is personification of
wisdom and He who is darling of all
worlds.

SAnkarasyathmajam
devam , dhyayeth saravanoth
bhavam,

Ananthadhithya
chandragni theja sampoorna vigraham. 23

He who is son of God Sankara , I meditate on him who
rose from Saravana river,

He who has a windless full form with a luster of moon,
sun and fire.

Sarvalokavanaratham
sarva thavadhya thathwagam,

SArveswaram
sarva vibhum sarva Bhootha hithe
ratham. 24

He who thrills all the world , He who is the essence of
all philosophies ,

He who is the god of all, he who is the lord of all and he who does actions beneficial to all
beings.

Yevam japithvaa Hrudayam Shanmukhasya Mahathmana,

SArvaan kaamanavapnothi
SAmyag jnanam vindhathi.
25

If this
heart of the great one , with six faces is read,

All desires would be fulfilled and all good knowledge would be acquired.

Suchou dese samaaseena , shudhathma cha kruthahneeka

Prangmukho yatha
chithascha japedh udayam uthamam. 26

Chanting it in the
dawn facing east sitting on a clean place with a good mind,

After finishing
the morning rituals with a calm
mind is
the best.

SAkrudetham manum
japthwaa samprapnothyakhilam shubham,

Sarvaagha
haranam , mruthyu daridraysya
nasanam . 27

An excellent man who does good deeds would get all that is good,

It is a stealer of all difficulties and destroyer of death and poverty.

Sarva sampathkaram
punyam , sarva roga nivaaranam,

SArva sarmakaram
divyam sarvaabheeshta
dhayakam. 28

It is a giver of all that is good , It cures all diseases,

It leads to divine happiness and fulfills all desires.

SArva Kama pradham guhyam apavargaika karanam,

Prajakaram, rajyakaram
, bhagyadham bahu punyadham.
29

It leads to realization of all wants , It is
the secret cause of salvation,

It protects
citizens , and country and is lucky
and is blessed.

Guhyath guhyatharam bhooyo devanam abhi durlabham,

Idham thu nathapasthaya naabhakthya
kadhachana. 30.

This is secret of secrets which is not easily available
even to devas,

Is not available always,
to those who are not devotees or
sages.

Na cha susrushave
dheyam madandhaya na karhichith,

Swachishyaya
suseelaaya Skanda bhakthi rathaya
cha,

SArvadhaa abhirathayedham
mathavyam jaya vardhanam. 31

Do not give it people not interested and never
to those blind with power,

And it should be given to own disciples who are well behaved
and have devotion to Subrahmanya,

Here is a garland of
108 names of the Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi , used to worship him. Sai
means “The god who is our mother” and is
also used to denote a Saint. Here it
devotes the great Saint “Sri Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi” who was the god
who appeared in person to millions of his devotees.

1.Om Sri Sai
Bhabhaya nama- Salutation to the Lord(father) who is truly Sai

2.Om Sri Sai Sai
swaroopaya nama-Salutations to him who has the form of Sai

Friday, May 10, 2013

(There was a great king called Indra Dhyumna
in Orissa who was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu. One great
scholar once told him about a very rare but extremely holy form of Lord Vishnu
called Neela Madhava . The king send all his courtiers in search of this great
form of Lord Vishnu . Excepot one minister called Vidhyapathi all of them
failed Vidhyapathi with extreme difficulty located Neela Madhava being worshipped by A gentleman
called Vishvavasu belonging to a tribe called SAbara. On his information the
king Indra Dhyumna did reach the place
where he found Neela Madhava but was
disappointed as he was not able to see the god there. However he was instructed
by God Nila Madhava to construct a temple on the top of the Neeladri(Blue
mountain) and get a a wooden statue of him consecrated there by
Lord Brahma. The God instructed the king to collect the wodden piece sent by
him to carve out the idol of the god. It
is believed God himself came in the form of an artist to carve the statue. He instructed that he should work alone and should not be
disturbed. He said he would work inside the temple and the doors should be
closed,. Unable to stifle his anxiety to see the God , the king one day opened
the doors of the temple. The Statues of Krishna, Balabadra and Subadra werenot completely finished and did not have
legs and arms. The God ordered the king to worship him in that form only. This
is the Lord Jagannatha of Puri and this
Sahasra Namam is written about him. But I could not see the one thousand names
of the Lord in the Sahasra Namam. Possibly
a part of it is missing and I could locate only 580 names. The English text can be viewed at